Truth Social founder, failed businessman, and flop POTUS Donald Trump has been attempting to shitpost his way through an avalanche of legal troubles. Beset by as many as four separate court cases, Trump’s solution has mostly been to whine about it a lot on social media—often taking aim at prosecutors and judges…
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On Monday at the OpenAI DevDay event, company CEO Sam Altman announced a major update to its GPT-4 language model called GPT-4 Turbo, which can process a much larger amount of text than GPT-4 and features a knowledge cutoff of April 2023. He also introduced APIs for DALL-E 3, GPT-4 Vision, and text-to-speech—and launched an “Assistants API” that makes it easier for developers to build assistive AI apps.
OpenAI hosted its first-ever developer event on November 6 in San Francisco called DevDay. During the opening keynote delivered by Altman in front of a small audience, the CEO showcased the wider impacts of its AI technology in the world, including helping people with tech accessibility. Altman shared some stats, saying that over 2 million developers are building apps using its APIs, over 92 percent of Fortune 500 companies are building on their platform, and that ChatGPT has over 100 million active weekly users.
At one point, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made a surprise appearance on the stage, talking with Altman about the deepening partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI and sharing some general thoughts about the future of the technology, which he thinks will empower people.
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Source: Ars Technica – OpenAI introduces GPT-4 Turbo: Larger memory, lower cost, new knowledge
The way you study something will likely vary depending on how familiar you are with the subject matter. If you’re fairly familiar with the core concepts, you can force active recall by using flashcards to review, or enhance your grasp of a topic by teaching it to someone else, for instance. But what about when you’re…
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YouTube announced two new experimental generative AI features on Monday. YouTube Premium subscribers can soon try AI-generated comment summaries and a chatbot that answers your questions about what you’re watching. The features will be opt-in, so you won’t see them unless you’re a paid member who signs up for the experiments during their test periods.
The AI-powered summaries will organize comments into “easily digestible themes.” In a Mr. Beast video YouTube used as an example, the tool generated topics including “People love Bryan the bird,” “Lazarbeam should be in more videos,” “No submarine” and “More 7 day challenges.” You can tap on the topic to view the complete list of associated comments. The tool will only run “on a small number of videos in English” with large comment sections.
If you’re worried about YouTube’s summaries spiraling out of control the way the platform’s comment sections often do, the company says it won’t pull content from unpublished messages, those held for review, any containing blocked words or those from blocked users. Further, creators can use the tool to delete individual comments if they see problematic (or otherwise unwanted) discussions about their videos.
Meanwhile, YouTube’s conversational AI tool gives you a chatbot trained on whichever video you’re watching. Generated by large language models (LLMs), the assistant lets you “dive in deeper” by asking questions about the content and fishing for related recommendations. The company says the AI tool, which appears similar to chatting with Bard, draws on info from YouTube and the web, providing answers without interrupting playback. Eligible users can find it under a new “Ask” button in the YouTube app for Android.
Starting today, YouTube Premium subscribers can opt into the comment summarizer on YouTube’s experiments page. However, the company says you won’t see the “Topics” option for all videos. In addition, the conversational AI tool is only available now “to a small number of people on a subset of videos,” but YouTube Premium subscribers with Android devices will be able to sign up to try it in the coming weeks. The company warns the experimental features “may not always get it right,” a description that can equally apply to Google’s other AI experiments.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/youtube-tests-ai-generated-comment-summaries-and-a-chatbot-for-videos-213405231.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – YouTube tests AI-generated comment summaries and a chatbot for videos
Most of AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 8000 series processors will be based on the company’s next-generation Zen 5 processor architecture, and that’s a big deal because by all accounts, Zen 5 is going to be a major redesign of the Zen CPU core. Earlier leaks have put Zen 5 down for a 10-15% IPC increase, but the most recent leaks seem to indicate a
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Step into a slice of New Orleans at Tiana’s Palace, a new themed dining concept at Disneyland inspired by The Princess and the Frog.
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Tweeting out your latest PlayStation platinum trophy on a PS5 is going to get a little tricky. PS4 and PS5 owners received a message Monday saying the integration of X, formerly known as Twitter, will be coming to an end next week, as first spotted by users on X.
Source: Gizmodo – Sony Pulls Plug on X/Twitter Integration on PS4/PS5
Microsoft is partnering with Inworld AI to develop Xbox tools that will allow developers to create AI-powered characters, stories, and quests. From a report: The multiyear partnership will include an “AI design copilot” system that Xbox developers can use to create detailed scripts, dialogue trees, quest lines, and more. “At Xbox, we believe that with better tools, creators can make even more extraordinary games,” explains Haiyan Zhang, general manager of gaming AI at Xbox. “This partnership will bring together: Inworld’s expertise in working with generative AI models for character development, Microsoft’s cutting-edge cloud-based AI solutions including Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Research’s technical insights into the future of play, and Team Xbox’s strengths in revolutionizing accessible and responsible creator tools for all developers.” The multiplatform AI toolset will include the AI design copilot for scripts and dialogue, and an AI character engine that can be integrated into games and used to dynamically generate stories, quests, and dialogue.
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Source: Slashdot – Microsoft is Bringing AI Characters To Xbox
Fantasies of immortality and extended life preservation are likely as old as humanity itself, but new advances in robotics and advanced artificial intelligence models are inching those transhumanist tales closer to reality at a rapid pace. AI researchers and entrepreneurs eager to cash in on our deepest-rooted anxiety…
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During its first-ever developer conference on Monday, OpenAI previewed GPT-4 Turbo, a brand new version of the large language model that powers its flagship product, ChatGPT. The newest model is capable of accepting much longer inputs than previous versions — up to 300 pages of text, compared to the current limit of 50. This means that theoretically, prompts can be a lot longer and more complex, and responses might be more meaningful.
OpenAI has also updated the data that GPT-4 Turbo is trained on. The company claims that the newest model now has knowledge about the world until April 2023. The previous version was only caught up until September 2021, although recent updates to the non-Turbo GPT-4 did include the ability to browse the internet to get the latest information.
GPT-4 Turbo will also accept images as prompts directly in the chat box, wherein it can generate captions or provide a description of what the image depicts. It will also handle text-to-speech requests. And users will now be able to upload documents directly and ask the service to analyze them — a capability that other chatbots like Anthropic’s Claude have included for months.
For developers, using the newest model will effectively be three times cheaper. OpenAI said that it was slashing costs for input and output tokens — a unit used by large language models to understand instructions and respond with answers.
In addition to announcing its newest large language model, OpenAI revealed that ChatGPT now has more than 100 million weekly active users around the world and is used by more than 92 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The company also said that it would defend customers, including enterprises, not only against legal claims around copyright infringement that might arise as a result of using its products, but it would also pay for costs incurred as a result.
OpenAI also revealed single-application “mini-ChatGPTs” today, small tools that are focused on a single task that can be built without even knowing how to code. GPTs created by the community can be immediately shared, and OpenAI will open a “store” where verified builders can make their creation available to anyone.
The company didn’t announce when GPT-4 Turbo would come out of preview and be available more generally. Accessing GPT-4 currently costs $20 a month.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gpt-4-turbo-is-openais-most-powerful-large-language-model-yet-211956553.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – GPT-4 Turbo is OpenAI’s most powerful large language model yet
Removes references to the NSA, adds KSMBD in-kernel server SMB networkingAfter a typically calm development process, Linus Torvalds has given the world a new cut of the Linux kernel – version 6.6 to be precise.…
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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are all about finding freedom in their open world. This is as true mechanically as it is thematically, as the pair of Switch RPGs let you freely explore the Paldea region in search of your own “treasure.” They posit that the Pokémon world is full of possibilities and that it can mean…
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Google is killing off its proposal for “Web Environment Integrity API” as a new web standard, though Android phones may still have to deal with it. According to Google’s proposal document, the primary goal of the project was to “allow web servers to evaluate the authenticity of the device and honest representation of the software stack”—basically Google wanted a DRM gatekeeper for the web. The project got widespread coverage in July and was widely panned.
The ominously vague plan was to allow web browsers to detect if your computer was “modified” in a way that the webpage didn’t like. Presumably, this could be anything from a rooted/jailbroken phone to having an undesirable plug-in (read: ad blockers) installed. When you tried to access some protected content, a browser supporting the Web Integrity API would first contact a third-party “environment attestation” server, and your computer would have to pass some kind of test. After having your local environment uh… scanned? passing environments receive a signed “IntegrityToken” that points to the content you wanted unlocked. You would bring this back to the web server and would finally get the content unlocked.
Google’s proposal did not go over well. The explainer was full of conflicting information about just how invasive it wanted to be and what its goals were. Google pinky-promised it wasn’t meant to “enforce or interfere with browser functionality, including plugins and extensions”—this is a vague reference to ad blockers—but also the proposal’s very first example had to do with more accurately measuring ad impressions. Even more alarming was that this wasn’t a discussion—Google never publicized the feature for any kind of feedback, and the company was already actively prototyping the feature in Chrome before the Internet really found out about it.
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Source: Ars Technica – Google’s “Web Integrity” Android API could kill “alternative” media clients
This NeoRuler smart digital ruler features an LCD display and smartphone app connectivity, and it’s on sale for $114.97 right now (reg. $128.99). It’s built to replace your traditional ruler with more convenience and versatility—whether you use it professionally or for DIY projects.
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PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 consoles will soon drop their X (formerly Twitter) integrations. As such, after November 13, you’ll no longer be able to post clips or screenshots directly to X from either system.
According to a notice Sony shared on its consoles (as noted by Wario64) and a support page, users will lose the ability to “post and view content, trophies and other gameplay-related activities on X directly from PS5/PS4 (or link an X account to do so).” Sony added the notice to its website at some point on Monday, according to a cached version of the support page.
Sony hasn’t revealed exactly why it’s killing off X integration on its consoles. However, it may be related to X shutting down its free API earlier this year, forcing developers and companies to pay if they want to hook into its services. Microsoft stopped letting users post Xbox clips directly to X in April, likely due to that move.
It’ll still be possible to post your PlayStation clips to X. If you have a PS5, you’ll be able to access your recent captures through the PS App and share them to X from your phone. PS4 owners (and PS5 users, if they prefer this approach) will need to use a USB drive to copy screenshots and clips to their computer. Alternatively, you can use one of the several other direct sharing options available on PS4 and PS5, such as YouTube.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ps5-and-ps4-are-losing-x-sharing-options-on-november-13-204747608.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – PS5 and PS4 are losing X sharing options on November 13
Note: this is still a review in progress, so we’re giving it our 4/5 rating, and we’ll be coming back to share how well the battery and screen brightness holds up. Check back with us in the coming days for the full score.
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PlayStation 5 is ditching its integration with Twitter, the social media platform recently rebranded as “X” after Elon Musk bought it for $44 billion and then promptly crashed it into a brick wall like a dad coming home from a mid-life crisis bender in his brand-new Ferrari. Nintendo Switch will soon be the only…
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After years of inflation, Americans are used to sticker shock. But nothing compares to the surging price of streaming video. From a report: Last week, Apple TV+ became the latest streaming service to raise its price — up from $6.99 to $9.99 per month — following the example of Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Netflix, which all hiked their prices in October. Half of the major streaming platforms in the U.S. now charge a monthly fee that’s double the price they charged when they initially came to market. And many of these streaming services haven’t even been around for 10 years.
Consumers have grumbled, but have so far been willing to keep paying up. It’s hard to say where their breaking point will be, but given that analysts believe the platforms are likely to continue raising prices even further, we’ll probably find out soon enough. Part of what’s driving the price hikes is how saturated the streaming market has become. For a company like Netflix, which has 77 million paid subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, finding new paying subscribers to keep revenue growing is not easy. Netflix has started clamping down on password sharing to boost its paid subscriber rolls, but that only goes so far. Raising prices for existing subscribers is an effective way to pump up the top line and keep investors happy.
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Source: Slashdot – Consumers Paying More Than Ever for Streaming TV Each Month
Out on the surface of the sun, a huge geomagnetic storm raged this weekend, causing Coronal Mass Ejections (that is, solar flares) to hit earth. There’s nothing to worry about (yet) according to scientists—solar flares hit earth all the time—but the strength of this rare event will provide many in relatively southern…
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It’s been nearly a year since ChatGPT’s public debut and its evolution since then has been nothing short of extraordinary. In just over 11 months, OpenAI’s chatbot has gained the ability to write programming code, process information between multiple modalities and expand its reach across the internet with APIs. During OpenAI’s 2023 Dev Day keynote address Monday, CEO Sam Altman and other executives took to the stage in San Francisco to unveil the chatbot’s latest iteration, ChatGPT-4 Turbo, as well as an exciting new way to bring generative AI technology to everybody, regardless of their coding capability: GPTs!
GPTs are small, task-specific iterations of ChatGPT. Think of them like the single-purpose apps and features on your phone but instead of them maintaining a timer or stop watch, or a digital assistant transcribing your voice instructions into a shopping list, GPTs will do, basically anything you train them to. OpenAI offers up eight examples of what GPT’s can be used for, anything from a digital kitchen assistant that suggests recipes based on whats in your pantry to a math mentor to help your kids through their homework to a Sticker Wiz that will, “turn your wildest dreams into die-cut stickers, shipped right to your door.”
The new GPTs are an expansion on the company’s existing Custom Instructions feature which debuted in July. OpenAI notes that many of its power users were already recycling and updating their most effective prompts and instruction sets, a process which GPT-4 Turbo will now handle automatically as part of its update to seed parameters and focus on reproducible outputs. This will allow users a far greater degree of control in customizing the GPTs to their specific needs.
What users won’t need is an extensive understanding of javascript programming. With GPT-4 Turbo’s improved code interpretation, retrieval and function calling capabilities, as well as its massively increased context window size, users will be able to devise and develop their GPTs using nothing but natural language.
Any GPT created by the community will be immediately shareable. For now that will happen directly between users but, later this month, OpenAI plans to launch a centralized storefront where “verified builders” can post and share their GPTs. The most popular ones will climb a leaderboard and potentially, eventually earn their creators money based on how many people are using the GPT.
GPTs will be available to both regular users and enterprise accounts which, like ChatGPT Enterprise that came out earlier this year, will offer institutional users the chance to create their own internal-only, admin-approved mini-chatbots. These will work with (and are trained on) the company’s specific tasks, department documentation or proprietary datasets. Enterprise GPTs arrive for those customers on Wednesday.
Privacy remains a focal point for the company with additional technical safeguards being put into place, atop existing moderation systems, to prevent people from making GPTs that go against OpenAI’s usage policies. The company is also rolling out an identity verification system for developers to help improve transparency and trust, but did not elaborate on what that process could entail.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gpts-are-the-single-application-mini-chatgpt-models-that-anyone-can-create-203311858.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – GPTs are the single-application mini-ChatGPT models that anyone can create
